Des Moines Indian Community - DesMoinesIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 11/8/1661

Guru Har Rai passed away. Second son Har Kishan became the eighth Sikh Guru age of 5 years 4 Months. He passed away at the age of 7 years 9 Months.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/2/1971Hurricane and ensuing tidal wave takes 6,000 lives.
3/14/1910Dalai Lama makes a rare state visit to the Viceroy of Calcutta.
4/1/1954Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee became the first Indian to become the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 08/Nov/1960.
7/29/1987India and Sri Lanka sign peace accord at Colombo in a bid to end the 5-year old ethnic trouble. This stance taken thereafter by the LTTE added several dimensions to the scenario. It was a multi-purpose role that the Navy has been required to play.
9/12/1912T. A. Ramachandran, cricket Test Umpire of one test during 1948-49, was born in Tamil Nadu.
2/13/1970Man-eating tiger is reported to have killed 48 people at a village 80-km from New Delhi.
1/29/1997Fire engulfs most of the three top floors of the Express Towers, skyrise building owned by Indian Express group in Mumbai.
5/12/1993Lok Sabha okays extension of President's rule in the former BJP-ruled states.
8/3/1930Vyanktesh Bapuji Ketkar, famous astrologist and researcher, died.
9/11/1893Swami Vivekananda represented Hinduism at Chicago's Parliament of the World's Religions, the first ever inter-faith gathering, dramatically enlightening Western opinion to the depth of Hindu philosophy and culture. He spoke for the first time in Chicago.